The 2019Monster Jam All-Star Challenge was an event hosted by Monster Jam at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 11-12th, 2019. This event served as the culmination of the Fire & Ice series, featuring all six original trucks from the series, as well as ten additional trucks voted by fans, and eight more trucks selected by the team captains. In total, twenty-four trucks were featured, with twelve trucks per team. The event was also broadcasted live on Pay-Per-View internationally, and later on NBC Sports Network after it took place. Team Ice would dominate the entire event that weekend, with Ryan Anderson in Son-Uva Digger winning the Chicago Style racing, freestyle, and overall points championships. Meanwhile, Brianna Mahon in Whiplash won the best trick competition, with Coty Saucier in Monster Energy winning the Vegas Style racing competition.
Aside from the six Fire & Ice trucks and Grave Digger Fire, four additional Fire & Ice paint schemes were unveiled that weekend. Great Clips Mohawk Warrior and Grave Digger would receive paint schemes based on their designs from the Spin Master diecast line. Meanwhile, Avenger (see trivia) and Bad Company would also receive their respective special Fire & Ice paint schemes, despite not being featured in the line.
Results[]
Day 1 (October 11, 2019; Friday)[]
Racing[]
Friday's Chicago style track
(Friday night's racing consisted of Chicago Style racing).
Round one[]
Max-D (Elliott) vs. Grave Digger Fire
BroDozer vs. Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice
The Black Pearl vs. Grave Digger (Menninga)
Max-D Fire vs. El Toro Loco Ice
Northern Nightmare vs. Max-D (Eichelberger)
Zombie Fire vs. Bad Company Ice
Grave Digger Ice vs. Scooby-Doo
Grave Digger (Anderson) vs. Son-Uva Digger
Round two[]
Max-D (Elliott) vs. Megalodon Fire
BroDozer vs. Dragon Ice
Grave Digger (Menninga) vs. Great Clips Mohawk Warrior Fire
El Toro Loco Ice vs. Monster Energy (LeDuc)
Max-D (Eichelberger) vs. Monster Energy (Saucier)
Bad Company Ice vs. Avenger Fire
Grave Digger Ice vs. Whiplash
Son-Uva Digger(Bye run, Bakugan Dragonoid could not race due to a transmission issue) vs. Bakugan Dragonoid
Round three[]
Max-D (Elliott) vs. Dragon Ice
Grave Digger (Menninga) (Crash) vs. Monster Energy (LeDuc)
Monster Energy (Saucier) vs. Bad Company Ice
Whiplash vs. Son-Uva Digger
Semi-finals[]
Max-D (Elliott) vs. Monster Energy (LeDuc)
Monster Energy (Saucier) vs. Son-Uva Digger
Championship race[]
Monster Energy (LeDuc) vs. Son-Uva Digger
Best Trick[]
Whiplash Driver Brianna Mahon Best Trick All-Star Challenge
Whiplash - 9.053
Avenger - 8.618
Grave Digger (Menninga) - 8.597
Max-D Fire - 8.504
Son-Uva Digger - 8.343
The Black Pearl - 7.925
Bakugan Dragonoid - 7.760
Zombie Fire - 7.343
Max-D (Elliott) - 6.993
Scooby-Doo! - 6.421
Max-D (Eichelberger) - 6.326
Grave Digger Fire - 6.100
Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice - 6.057
El Toro Loco Ice - 5.600
Northern Nightmare - 5.589
Megalodon Fire - 5.029
Grave Digger Ice - 4.959
Monster Energy (LeDuc) - 4.712
Grave Digger (Anderson) - 4.581
Great Clips Mohawk Warrior Fire - 4.545
Dragon Ice - 4.432
BroDozer - 4.080
Bad Company Ice - 3.886
Monster Energy (Saucier) - 2.993
Day 2 (October 12, 2019; Saturday)[]
Racing[]
(Saturday night's racing consisted of Vegas Style racing).
Round one[]
Grave Digger (Menninga) (dnc) vs Monster Energy (LeDuc)(both trucks were unable to make it to the 2nd round, The Black Pearl advances)
Zombie Fire vs Northern Nightmare
Megalodon Fire vs Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice
Max-D Fire (Crash) vs El Toro Loco Ice
The Black Pearl vs Max-D (Eichelberger)
BroDozer (dnc) vs Bad Company Ice
Max-D (Elliott) vs Bakugan Dragonoid
Grave Digger Ice (Crash) vs Scooby-Doo!(both trucks were unable to make it to the 2nd round, Max-D (Elliott) advances)
Round two[]
Monster Energy (Saucier) vs The Black Pearl
Great Clips Mohawk Warrior (Fire) vs Zombie (Fire)
Dragon (Ice) vs Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice)
Grave Digger (Fire) vs El Toro Loco (Ice)
Son-Uva Digger vs Max-D (Eichelberger)
Grave Digger (Anderson) vs Bad Company (Ice)
Avenger vs Bakugan Dragonoid
Whiplash vs Max-D (Elliott)
Round 3[]
Monster Energy (Saucier) vs Zombie (Fire)
Dragon (Ice) vs Grave Digger (Pauken)
Son-Uva Digger vs Grave Digger (Anderson)
Bakugan Dragonoid vs Max-D (Elliott)
Semi-finals[]
Bakugan Dragonoid vs Son-Uva Digger
Monster Energy (Saucier) vs Dragon Ice
Championship race[]
Bakugan Dragonoid vs Monster Energy (Saucier)
Freestyle order[]
Zombie Fire
Bad Company Ice
Grave Digger Ice
Mohawk Warrior Fire
Grave Digger (Menninga)
Whiplash
Megalodon Fire
Dragon Ice
Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice
Grave Digger Fire
The Black Pearl
BroDozer
El Toro Loco Ice
Avenger Fire
Monster Energy (Saucier)
Scooby-Doo
Max-D (Eichelberger)
Northern Nightmare
Bakugan Draganoid
Max-D (Elliott)
Max-D Fire
Monster Energy (LeDuc)
Grave Digger (A. Anderson)
Son-Uva Digger
Freestyle[]
Son-uva Digger - 8.962
Grave Digger (A. Anderson) - 8.865
Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice - 8.773
Grave Digger (Menninga) - 8.615
Max-D (Eichelberger) - 8.390
Avenger - 8.333
Cynthia Gauthier's Big Air Jump - Monster Jam All-Star Challenge
Max-D (Elliott) - 8.333
Scooby-Doo - 8.058
Zombie Fire - 7.975
Monster Energy (LeDuc) - 7.751
Dragon Ice - 7.463
Max-D Fire - 7.323
Monster Energy (Saucier) - 7.177
BroDozer - 7.164
Bad Company - 7.144
Grave Digger (K. Anderson) - 6.987
Whiplash - 6.438
Bakugan Dragonoid - 6.364
Northern Nightmare - 6.187
El Toro Loco Ice - 5.827
Grave Digger (Pauken) - 5.585
Great Clips Mohawk Warrior - 5.415
Megalodon Fire - 5.385
The Black Pearl - 4.449
Points total[]
Team Ice - 625
Team Fire - 575
Overall event points[]
Son-Uva Digger - 90
Max-D (Elliott) - 75
Avenger Fire - 63
Whiplash - 62
Grave Digger (Menninga) - 61
Max-D (Eichelberger) - 60
Zombie Fire - 59
Monster Energy (Saucier) - 59
Dragon Ice - 59
Bakugan Dragonoid - 57
Grave Digger (A. Anderson) - 54
Monster Energy (LeDuc) - 50
Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice - 49
Bad Company Ice - 42
The Black Pearl - 42
Max-D Fire - 40
Grave Digger Fire - 40
Scooby-Doo - 39
El Toro Loco Ice - 38
Mohawk Warrior Fire - 36
Megalodon Fire - 34
Grave Digger Ice - 32
BroDozer - 32
Northern Nightmare - 27
Eligible drivers[]
Fan Voted Drivers Announcement - Monster Jam All-Star Challenge!
Trailer announcing the fan-voted drivers.
Captain’s Choice picks announced - Monster Jam All-Star Challenge!
The competitors from the Captain's Choice.
Monster Jam All-Star Challenge Draft Show
Team Draft
The following drivers were eligible for the fan voting that is available until Monday, June 24. Drivers for the event that are voted in may not necessarily drive the trucks they usually drive, and may be relocated to new or different trucks for the event. The fan-voted drivers were announced on July 11, 2019.[1]
The 2019 Monster Jam All-Star Challenge was met with polarized reception, similar to that of World Finals XX. Fans praised the track designs and performances but criticized the judging. Fans criticized that several performances, such as those of Max-D (Colton Eichelberger) and Grave Digger (Tyler Menninga) were underscored, while performances involving "one-hit wonders" from trucks such as Monster Mutt Dalmatian Ice (Cynthia Gauthier) and Avenger Fire (Jim Koehler) being overscored. With many fans, along with drivers such as Colton Eichelberger and Dennis Anderson expressing their disapproval of the scoring system during the event, Monster Jam implemented a new rule in which a truck must complete the first 30 seconds of its freestyle performance to receive a score. The Best Trick competition also received criticism, particularly due to each planned stunt being simulated in Monster Jam Steel Titans. Due to the game's physics not being authentic, only three of the twenty-four stunts were successfully attempted. Controversy also arose due to promotions for the event slating that an encore was to be featured as part of the event. However, said encore never happened for unknown reasons.
Trivia[]
This event marked the first of the following occurrences:
The first event to be hosted by Monster Jam in which competitors were voted by fans on their website.
The first event to feature two sets of racing competitions.
The first event since 2017 to feature a pay-per-view release, although it was featured as a livestream. It was only available outside of the United States from the days of the event until October 20.
The first event to featured inflatable obstacles since World Finals XIX.
This event marked the only occurrence in which the Chicago Style racing format was featured in Sam Boyd Stadium.
This event marked the final use of Sam Boyd Stadium for Monster Jam competitions.
Originally, an additional, final event was scheduled to take place at Sam Boyd Stadium for Stadium Championship Series Red on March 20, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all events held after March 13 were canceled, and the event never occurred, resulting in the 2019 All-Star Challenge being the final Monster Jam event to be held at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Originally, the All-Star Challenge was set to invite exclusively trucks from the Stadium circuits, excluding trucks who competed in arena events. However, this was soon changed to be a partially fan chosen lineup.
The event was the largest event Monster Jam has held involving 2 groups of trucks competing against each other.
Trucks that were not given Fire & Ice paint schemes during the event were given colored flags to show their team affiliation. Trucks on Team Fire featured orange flags, while trucks on Team Ice flew blue flags.
For the best trick competition, competitors were only given one attempt.
Most drivers from the 2019 first quarter were eligible to make an appearance. Hall Bros Racing, Raminator and Rammunition had competed at select arena shows not for points; Joe Sylvester, driving Black Stallion for Mike Vaters Sr. at select shows; Kevin King, driver of Monster Mutt on Axe/Wrecking Crew; Macey Nitcher, Ami Houde's replacement; Paul Strong, driver of Zombie Fire, who is no longer apart of Natural Disaster Racing; and Roy Pridgeon, driver of Ice Cream Man, Wolf's Head and Xtermigator are absent from the list.
BroDozer was unable to race during Vegas Style racing on Saturday against Bad Company Ice due to engine trouble.
Scooby-Doo and Monster Energy (LeDuc) were unable to advance to round 2 in the Vegas Style racing on Saturday due to mechanical problems.
This event saw an obstacle very reminiscent of the triple bus stack, an obstacle not seen since World Finals 10 in 2009.
The event saw the debut of the "All-Star Style" variant of the "Chicago Style" racing track.
Dennis Anderson was present at the event as an expert analyst.
Ryan Anderson established a new lowest score to win a major freestyle event, 8.962, breaking his past “record” of 9.182.
This event would be the last show for Northern Nightmare( although it would make its return in 2024 with Chris Koehler behind the wheel) & all fire & ice trucks, except for Max-D Fire & El Toro Loco Ice.
As mentioned above, Avenger and Bad Company never recieved diecast fire and ice schemes for the Spin Master line prior to the event.
However, in 2022, Spin Master would produce Avenger Fire as part of the "Arena Favorites" series, leaving Bad Company as the only truck to not recieve a paint scheme in the diecast line.
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